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dc.contributor.authorLechner, Michaelen
dc.contributor.authorSmith, Jeffrey A.en
dc.date.accessioned2009-01-28T16:14:24Z-
dc.date.available2009-01-28T16:14:24Z-
dc.date.issued2003-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/20478-
dc.description.abstractWe investigate the allocation of unemployed individuals to different subprograms within Swiss active labour market policy by the caseworkers at local employment offices in Switzerland in 1998. We are particularly interested in whether the caseworkers allocate the unemployed to services in ways that will maximize the program-induced changes in their employment probabilities. Our econometric analysis uses unusually informative data originating from administrative unemployment and social security records. For the estimationwe apply matching estimators adapted to the case of multiple programmes. The number of observations in this database is sufficiently high to allow for this nonparametric analysis to be conducted in narrowly defined subgroups. Our results indicate that Swiss caseworkers do not do a very good job of allocating their unemployed clients to the subprograms so as to maximize their subsequent employment prospects. Our findings suggest one of three possible conclusions. First, caseworkers may be trying to solve the problem of allocating the unemployed to maximize their subsequent employment, but may lack the skills or knowledge to do this. Second, caseworkers may have a goal other than efficiency, such as allocating the most expensive services to the least well-off clients, that is not explicit in the law regulating active labour market policies. Third, the distortions of the local decision process could be due to federal authorities imposing strict minimum participation requirements for thevarious programs at the regional level.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aInstitute for the Study of Labor (IZA) |cBonnen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aIZA Discussion Papers |x728en
dc.subject.jelH00en
dc.subject.jelJ68en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordtargetingen
dc.subject.keywordstatistical profilingen
dc.subject.keywordstatistical treatment ruleen
dc.subject.keywordactive labour market policyen
dc.subject.keywordcaseworkersen
dc.subject.stwArbeitsvermittlungen
dc.subject.stwArbeitsmarktpolitiken
dc.subject.stwBerufsbildungen
dc.subject.stwMatchingen
dc.subject.stwSchätzungen
dc.subject.stwSchweizen
dc.titleWhat is the Value Added by Caseworkers?-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn360947220en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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